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<H1>Entering new record</H1>
<P>In the last screen,<SPAN LANG="en-GB"> the </SPAN>last instruction
was to switch back to Post codes. That should bring up the view with
Post codes form. There is a button in the navigator bar that reads
&quot;New&quot;. Please click it.</P>
<P><IMG SRC="postcodesn.png" NAME="Graphic1" ALT="Postcodes - query mode" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=686 HEIGHT=513 BORDER=0>
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<P>Nothing much changed, but enough in order to enter new post code.
The field box backgrounds have changed to indicate that they are
<SPAN LANG="en-GB">required</SPAN>, i.e. cannot be left empty. The
navigator bar informs that the mode is New and the only options now,
beside<SPAN LANG="en-GB"> switching </SPAN>to other views, are
[Commit] to save/accept/commit the record set, [Return] to cancel the
New edit and go back to query mode (or browse mode if enter &quot;new
mode&quot; from there), and [Close] to close the entire view instead.</P>
<H3>Pick button, the three dots...</H3>
<P>As you may see, there is a button beside the <B>Country code</B><SPAN LANG="en-GB">
text box </SPAN>that has three dos in it. That indicates that there
is a pick option available. Normally this means, that by pressing it
you are taken to a list view to pick a row of your<SPAN LANG="en-GB">
choice </SPAN>that returns the essential key value back to the form
you pressed the pick button from. The behaviour of the pick button
may be customised by the developer, but mostly it does just the list
pick.</P>
<H3>Using a list behind a pick button</H3>
<P>Now, press the pick button and see what happens. It might take
some time to produce the list of countries, as there are some 250 of
them. Then select one of them by pressing any number buttons on the
available countries. Finland is a fine <SPAN LANG="en-GB">choice</SPAN>,
like Australia.<BR>This takes you back to the Post codes form, but
now the Country code is FI, AU or whatever you selected and country
name is<SPAN LANG="en-GB"> displayed </SPAN>in the box on the right.
You cannot edit the country name, though, as it is<SPAN LANG="en-GB">
protected </SPAN>for just evil behaviour. It would also be silly to
modify it, as it has been declared as pseudo field or column, &nbsp;that
means it is not connected to the database table at all. Pseudo fields
are for viewing only.<BR>You are now ready to enter a post code and
the town/city/whatever and then hit the [Commit] button.<BR>Done? You
should be taken back to &quot;new mode&quot; of Post codes displaying
your new Post code for the country you chose. 
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